May 13, 2026 · 52 min · 22 segments
Running economy is one of the most misunderstood concepts in endurance training — and one of the most trainable. In this episode, Zoë Rom and TJ David break down what running economy actually is, why…
But particularly for trail and ultra running, economy has limitations if you're trying to use it as, like, the big thing or-
Well, the thing that I like to tell my athletes is that fitness is our number one superpower.
... we need to manage race specificity, when we need to manage the heat or humidity, when we need to manage altitude, um, and all of these factors that we tend to overemphasize in training to the detriment of actual good training.
Fitness is the number one thing that is gonna make all of those variables more manageable.
But particularly for trail and ultra running, economy has limitations if you're trying to use it as, like, the big thing or-
Well, the thing that I like to tell my athletes is that fitness is our number one superpower.
... we need to manage race specificity, when we need to manage the heat or humidity, when we need to manage altitude, um, and all of these factors that we tend to overemphasize in training to the detriment of actual good training.
Fitness is the number one thing that is gonna make all of those variables more manageable.
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